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Where do you spend your time?

Persuasive Powerhouse

She was promoted to this position because of her previous “wild success” as a first line manager, where she managed a team of engineers. Your organization wants you to lead, and leadership is defined by how you spend your time. Coaching: In our complex business environments it isn’t enough to simply delegate.

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Leaders Returning to their First Love

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Janet Britcher : Entrepreneurship: Exploring When professionals demonstrate excellence in their chosen field, they are often promoted to leadership, leaving behind their foundational expertise and for some, their first love. She offers executive coaching, leadership workshops, and retreat facilitation.

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Making the Turn: 10 Warning Signs You aren’t Shifting from Founder to Leader

N2Growth Blog

There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Success depends on your ability to delegate not just responsibility; you have to delegate authority. You may decide to delegate some decisions and tasks; but you keep the important stuff to yourself. Delegate the rest.

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How to Help Managers Become More Strategic

Let's Grow Leaders

He was delegating more and growing the competence of his team. We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied. He’d done everything he could to position himself for the next promotion. His results were amazing.

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7 Smart Habits of Leaders Who Always Get Successful Results

Lead from Within

Even the things you delegate can be handled in a way that hands along a commitment and not just the task. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

Home / Leadership Profiles / Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie. Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie. Ironically, I had to travel to the opposite side of the globe before I invested the time to read what I have since considered the greatest leadership book of all-time: Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

In former roles, in managing leadership development programs at large companies, I would always take the time to talk to participants before and after they attended an external executive development program. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot, including how to design programs that meet the needs of real-life executives. So what’s the secret?

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